Turning Water Hyacinth into Sustainable Stationery in Assam: Kumbhi Kagaz's Innovative Approach
ByAinvest
Monday, Jul 7, 2025 6:36 am ET1min read
Kumbhi Kagaz, a sustainable stationery company based in Guwahati, Assam, is transforming water hyacinth into eco-friendly stationery products such as notebooks, journals, and calendars. The duo behind the initiative, Rupankar Bhattacharjee and Aniket Dhar, discovered that water hyacinth has a high cellulose and hemicellulose content, making it a promising raw material for papermaking. Their products are compostable, chemical-free, and made using a traditional handmade papermaking process with modern interventions.

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